Demonetisation drastically affected 5 crore workers: Mamata

Railing against the Centre's demonetisation move, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the "draconian" decision had drastically affected about five crore workers in the country.
"Crores of people have become the victims of the visionless policy. It's a major catastrophe. The draconian decision has drastically affected about five crore workers," she said in a statement.
Banerjee claimed that the decision is a huge setback for workers and that 1.25 crore workers in the unorganised sector, e-commerce, leather, jute, textiles, glass, beedi, gems and jewellery, and daily wage earners under schemes like MNREGA either lost jobs or had been seriously affected by the cash crunch.

"In big industries, a retrenchment process is going on, which has made or will make huge number of workers jobless," she said in her criticism of the demonetisation move.
"I can feel the extensive suffering and ordeal that these people are going through now. It is a matter of great concern," she said.
Earlier in the day, Banerjee tweeted, "Demonetisation is a major setback for commoners and maximum setback for workers. Crores of people have become victims of a visionless policy.